The study of children and their school training / by Francis Warner.

  • Warner, Francis, 1847-1926.
Date:
1902
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    to the teacher and others engaged in the care of children, as affording a basis for the methods of edu- cation ; giving a source of perpetual interest to work in school, an interest in the individual child, and a reasonable means of working out, in practice, the best that can be done with the child in various phases of life. Without an intimate knowledge of children the teacher may have difficulty in the pres- ence of a peculiar pupil. Case I. A boy, eight years of age, in a prepara- tory school, was said to be so dull at learning Latin, that it was thought impossible to continue the at- tempt to teach him. He was healthy and well made; he showed no signs of mental defect, and was, other- wise, quick and bright. He had learned to read well and read story-books for pleasure. I noticed that, in reading, he followed the words on the printed line by moving his head, not moving his eyes in their orbits; this did well enough for story-reading, when he skipped much of the page. Moving the head, in place of turning the eyes, did not admit of sufficient accuracy for studying Latin. Some attention to eye- drill soon removed all the difficulty complained of, and the boy made good progress. This cause of mental dulness will be referred to again; the case serves to illustrate the usefulness to teachers of per- sonal observation. Children in a school class usually vary; each has